Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Shortly after President Donald Trump’s electoral victory in November, the coalition that returned him to power began tearing itself apart over a once esoteric issue: the H-1B visa. In an effort to please both factions, Trump has attempted various compromises, including a “ban” on birthright citizenship for the children of H-1B workers. (See also: the Korean visa-holder illegally swept up in this month’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on a Georgia-based Hyundai factory.) In one sense, Trump has already done the seemingly impossible: push India closer to its longtime adversary China out of a shared sense of sheer economic necessity.